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Fully engulfed home

A home went up in flames early Monday morning in Vernon.

The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP are currently on scene at a residential house fire that occurred overnight in the North Westside Road.

At approximately 4:15 a.m. RCMP were called to assist the North Westside Fire Rescue with a fully engulfed home located in the 300 block of Northernview Road.

The fire was extinguished, however the structure was completely destroyed.

"The two known occupants of the home are un-accounted for at this time, however the investigation is in it's early stages" said Cst. Kelly Brett.

"Investigators are on scene and awaiting for the house to be considered safe for entry to begin their investigation"

Area residents can expect police on scene for a number of days.



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